Gasson Hall at Boston College tagged Bostonist by richietown Mary Daly, longtime Boston College professor and radical elemental feminist (post/Christian) theologian, passed away last weekend. Daly often criticized the “eight deadly sins of the fathers: processions, professions, possession, aggression,...

EandJsFilmCrew was in Harvard Square before the new year and took a perfectly exposed shot of the Out of Town News stand. Taken with a DSLR and processed as a B&W, this shot shows a lot of dynamic range and good detail. Here is the original post: Photo of the Day, January 5, 2010: Out of Town...

5. The Senate campaign . When the most interesting thing to come out of the campaign for Ted Kennedy’s U.S. Senate seat was Republican candidate Scott Brown’s happy trail, you know our democracy is in trouble. We’ve already seen what kind of kinky S&M games Republican Senate candidate...

Image by EandJsFilmCrew from photos tagged “Bostonist” on Flickr . A student at WPI successfully solved three Rubik’s Cubes in less time than it took Mike Lynch to explain the NFL playoff picture. [ WCVB ] Two Boston firefighters were injured in a Jamaica Plain fire. [ Boston Globe...

As our lovely commenters never tire of telling us, Bostonist is a blog written by cranks. We hate, well, practically everything. As the young Bostonists’ elder, I have been given the not indistinct pleasure of chronicling the things we hated during 2009, one of the crappiest years of my long life....

xkcd Book Signing 6-8pm, MIT Room 26-100 Facebook Event Ah, xkcd . It’s adept pointing out the geekiness of geeks, and the uselessness of both business and academia. A few months back , xkcd published a book , to the delight of those who choose sedately consuming over anything else, and perhaps...

Hairpins by Foundling at Bazaar Bizarre 2008. Photo by Christine Fernsebner Eslao. Whether you’re looking for unique gifts, desperate to avoid the mall stampede, or hoping to support the Boston-area arts scene, buying local is the way to go. Below we’ve complied a far from exhaustive list...

— Alternative advice for bikers to not run red lights: only “slightly illegal.” [ Boston Biker ] — Danvers High can’t even handle reading “meep.” They passed on an attorney’s email to the police. [ Theodora Michaels ] — Obviously, we don’t...

Sunday, November 8 All day: Harvard Book Store ’s annual frequent buyer sale. Customers who have signed up for a Frequent Buyer Card BEFORE November 8th will be eligible to receive 20% off all purchases of new, used and bargain books, as well as data-based Print on Demand titles and non-book items...

Image by sw_awesometown from photos tagged “Bostonist” on Flickr . Marine Capt. Kyle Van De Giesen’s funeral was held today in North Attleboro. He was killed in Afghanistan on October 26. [ WCVB ] A Plainville man is stationed at Fort Hood, where an Army major allegedly killed 13 people...